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Tucked into the calendar between the haute cuisine of the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience and the musical mélange of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, another lifestyle festival hits town: the BloodRoot Ramble.  It’s conceived by Noah and Kelly Dorrance, the owners of the BloodRoot Wines...

Maybe not everybody has dreams of making a movie when they grow up, but George Dondero sure did. Now, 40 years after he used to watch second-run films at the old Aven Theater on North Street, today known as the Raven—films like Enter the Dragon,...

As AV Film prepares for its 10th annual AV Fest, from April 26-May 5, the news that the festival, school and projected Healdsburg cinema would be changing its name was a bit of a shocker.

Since 1950, Healdsburg has celebrated Memorial Day weekend with a country fair to support its youth in agriculture via Future Farmers of America and 4-H clubs. There’s a twilight parade, a barn dance, hot dogs and hamburgers, livestock exhibits, judging and auction. It’s a centerpiece...

In an era when it sometimes feels like big brands are taking over everything, custom crush and cooperative tasting room facilities that cater to small and micro producers offer consumers an opportunity to connect with small, burgeoning or start-up wineries. Launched in 2017 by wine...

Taking the stage this weekend at the Raven Theater, between concerts by a Minnesota guitarist (Leo Kottke) and a big-ticket tribute band (for Chicago), comes Momotombo SF, an oddly named combo with little name recognition but a growing following. The 10-piece band, which proudly...

Healdsburg Center for the Arts is stepping boldly into the future from its new downtown location.  Recent years have been tough. Kathy Birdsong, board president and gallery artist, says, “The Covid shutdown and the fires impacted us negatively—so many changes in when we could be...

A new group of dance-related teachers, students and professionals, the Healdsburg Dance Collective (HDC), will premiere with “Let’s Dance,” a show and dance party at the Raven Theater on Saturday, March 4. The launch event begins at 7:30pm and will include performances by the UPside...

Santa Rosa has its Rose Parade, Healdsburg has its 4H/FFA Parade, but Geyserville lays claim to the world’s biggest Lighted Tractor Parade, now in its 14th year (or is it the 15th?). On Saturday, Nov. 25, the small town where Alexander Valley meets Highway...

Thursday, Oct. 27: MOVIE: Nosferatu, the original classic vampire film from F.W. Murnau (1922). The chilling story of Count Orlok and his hapless victims is told in atmospheric black and white, with live piano accompaniment by Frederick Hodges. At the Raven Theater, 115 North...